Acharya Vaani

shrImadAnandatIrthArya mukhanissR^itaM

samyagviShamavij~nAnatAratamyAnusArataH .

phalaM bhavettAratamyAtsukhaduHkhAtmakaM nR^iNAm .

samyakcAdhikavij~nAnAtsukhAdhikyaM bhavennR^iNAm .. - anuvyAkhyAna 3.3.1.3

Purport:

The bliss one enjoys, or the suffering one undergoes in the liberated state, is according to the amount of ones right or wrong knowledge. If one has an average correct knowledge he gets average bliss in liberation. If he has very less correct knowledge then the bliss he enjoys is also correspondingly less. Similar is the case with the sorrow experienced in the permanent hell. Thus there is a gradation of bliss and sorrow in the liberated state. Therefore, it is not correct to say that every one experiences the same amount of bliss or suffering in the liberated state.

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